How many Ford A are left in New Zealand?
Scarce 1 in 10,053 on the road Built 1926-2001 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
The car that had to follow the Model T. Ford shut its factories for months in 1927 to tool up for it, and the Model A arrived with a conventional three-speed gearbox, brakes on all four wheels and a safety glass windscreen. Nearly five million were built in four years, and it remains one of the most popular vintage cars to own and restore.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1930: 217 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1926 | 1 |
| 1927 | 4 |
| 1928 | 119 |
| 1929 | 62 |
| 1930 | 217 |
| 1931 | 46 |
| 1932 | 6 |
| 1933 | 2 |
| 1934 | 2 |
| 1944 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
What Scarce means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 465 still registered, the Ford A is Scarce: the grade for cars with 175 to 1,199 left.
By how many are left it ranks 37th of the 126 Ford models and equal 618th of all 2,903 cars in Spotto's catalogue.
The six grades: Common, 8,000 or more · Uncommon, 1,200 to 7,999 · Scarce, 175 to 1,199 · Rare, 25 to 174 · Super rare, 5 to 24 · Unicorn, fewer than 5.
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